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Champion Lodgepole Pine

Champion Lodgepole Pine from directly overhead

Champion Lodgepole Pine is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 2,314 m. San Gorgonio Mountain stands 3,502 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Lake Reserve, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates34.21885, -116.97291
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gun Sight Rock: 0.7 mi
  • Lookout Point: 1.0 mi
  • Castle Rock: 1.1 mi
  • Grandview: 2.9 mi
  • Grays Peak: 2.9 mi
Springs
  • Bellyache Springs: 1.4 mi
  • Snow Slide Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Harry Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Delamar Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Little Bear Spring: 5.4 mi
Parks
  • Boulder Bay Park: 1.9 mi
  • West Boat Ramp (Duane Boyer): 2.9 mi
  • Dana Park: 3.7 mi
  • Fawn Park: 3.7 mi
  • Rotary Park: 3.9 mi
Museums: 21
Picnic sites: 19
Attractions: 18
Historic sites: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 13
Beaches: 10
Waterfalls: 7
  • Monkeyface Creek: 8.4 mi
  • Monkeyface Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Monkeyface Creek: 8.4 mi
  • Aztec Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Big Falls: 10.2 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Voodoo Garden: 8.5 mi
  • Rose Garden: 15.4 mi
  • LaFourcade Community Garden: 15.5 mi
  • Brother Boniface Memorial Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Saint Francis Garden: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
  • Keller Cliffs: 5.4 mi
  • shooting gallery: 14.9 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.8 mi
  • Rock Climbing: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Champion Lodgepole Pine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Gorgonio MountainSE 134°3,502 m11.8 mi
Jepson PeakSE 138°3,416 m10.9 mi
Anderson PeakSE 145°3,304 m7.9 mi
Charlton PeakSE 136°3,291 m9.9 mi
Shields PeakSE 141°3,261 m8.2 mi
Little Charlton PeakSE 137°3,248 m10.3 mi
San Bernardino East PeakSSE 151°3,236 m7.4 mi
San Bernardino PeakSSE 157°3,224 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2719:00
June solstice05:3719:2720:04
September equinox06:3718:1318:46
December solstice06:5116:0416:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353539445259656459494135
Precip in4.54.42.40.80.40.10.70.80.40.81.33.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Bear Lake, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1477408803

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